This is an attempt to unravel the facts & the many varied & changing claims surrounding the death, abduction or dissapearance of Madeleine McCann aged 3, whilst on holiday with her parents and younger siblings in Portugal, on the night of 07-May-2007, to try to establish the truth.

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See also: ‘Clear grounds for the prosecution of Kate & Gerry McCann’CLICK HERE

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Hi,

here is an interesting exchange which yet again leads me to believe Kate * Jerry McCann should be prosecuted regarding the disapearance of their daughter Madeleine having recklessly abandoned her as a 3 year old with her baby twin siblings.

Left alone as babies unattended in a holiday flat, in a foreign country, whilst they went out carousing with chums in a tapas bar.

Their gross & criminal irresponsaibility led to the irrefutable fact that as a result of their action Madeleine McCann disapeared that evning and has not been seen since!

There have been claims made by some that they believe the children were drugged with legitimate medical drugs to make them sleep and as a result Madeleine died and the death was covered up by the parents, others claim there is a possibility of infantiside, some believe Madeleine woke and wandered off looking for her parents – less plausibly of course is the possibility of abduction.

Whatever the cause the outcome was that Madeleine McCann has not been seen since that night was that her parents left their 3 babies alone and unattended, left alone in an irresponsible and selfish act of hedonism by their parents was the one undeniable action that made that outcome possibility.

Sickeningly from the facts presented on Twitter and published below the parents are so concerned that the truth may come out or at least be discussed and speculated on that they have recruited and funded people to ‘run flack’ and deflect people from such natural discussion – be they private detectives, lawyers or a group of vile trolls – like the self styled Michael Walker who we are given to understand is their friend Michael Wright.

Thanks but don’t #Walker‘s tweets as a #McCann troll speak volumes of just what sordid support the criminal neglect that led to the probable death of #Madeleine_McCann has attracted for vicarious pleasure perhaps!

thanks for the info – I must say I am not surprised as he is clearly as vile a personality as the duo as they are reported to be by friends of mine who have had the misfortune of working with them! Time to prosecute on #Madeleine_McCann‘s behalf!

See also: ‘Clear grounds for the prosecution of Kate & Gerry McCann’CLICK HERE

An Open Letter to Operation Grange

John Coxon, former Met Police, on Facebook

I wish to register a formal complaint in regard to Operation Grange , the so called Met Police search for Madeleine McCann.

I do so on the following grounds.

1/ It has blatantly and inexplicably failed to look at the parents and accompanying party as suspects in the investigation.

This is in complete disregard to the findings in the original Portuguese investigation.

Namely

A/ multiple and significant discrepancies in their accounts

B/ deletion of mobile phone data and obstruction of evidence

C/ multiple indications by forensic cadaver and blood dogs in their apartment on Kate McCann’s clothing , the child’s toy and on a vehicle they hired 3 weeks after her disappearance. Also a close DNA match found in the boot of the same vehicle.

D/ An eye witness account naming Gerry McCann as the so called prime suspect, Smith man.

E/ The McCanns refusal to cooperate , answer questions and take part in a reconstruction which shelved the original enquiry

F/ Allegations from two healthcare professionals that at least one of the party , doctor David Payne is a paedophile.

They were made suspects for all these perfectly valid reasons , it is apparent that Operation Grange has failed to address a single one of them. The Portuguese closing report does not exonerate them at all , I presume during the 5 years of its existence Grange was aware of these matters , yet has acted as if none of this ever happened.

More specifically , Met police chief Hogan Howe has on at least one occasion claimed the McCanns have been ” ruled out” , firstly , this is at complete odds with Granges opening statement which claims ” treat the abduction as if it happened yesterday” clearly implying they were totally off the table from the start , secondly it is simply impossible as there is no independent evidence that exonerates them and if there was the McCanns publicity machine would be screaming it from the roof tops.

2/ It is apparent lines of enquiry have been leaked to the media. If this were the case and a live child were being held captive , it would clearly endanger that individuals life, obviously a totally unacceptable situation. Furthermore these leaks have frequently coincided with an ongoing civil case the McCanns are fighting in Portugal , too frequently for comfort.

3/ This failure to investigate properly has boosted the McCanns public profile, helped promote KMs book sales and enabled them to take on further projects. Do you believe , for instance KM would have been made an ambassador for a charity had the Met asked her the same 48 questions she refused to answer in Portugal? I doubt it.

4/ Grange has wasted huge amounts of public money and police time chasing shadows in Portugal which its legal advisors must surely have told them were not viable lines of enquiry. In other words it has done a lot of work and spent a lot of money for the sake of doing it , no other credible reason.

The conclusions here are blatantly obvious.

Operation Grange is a whitewash – a vast PR exercise to promote an abduction scenario that not one shred of evidence exists to support ever even happened.

C/ It undermines the entire credibility of the whole Metropolitan Police Service ( as if it needed any further help)

D/ It threatens the credibility of the entire UK criminal justice system. In summary Grange is simply corrupt , it has misappropriated huge amounts of public money , it potentially lets child murderers walk free, it is beyond a disgrace, it is worthy of extensive investigation in itself …

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See also: ‘Clear grounds for the prosecution of Kate & Gerry McCann’CLICK HERE

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NSPCC –

Guidelines on when it is acceptable to Leave children at home alone State unequivocally

Babies, toddlers and very young children should never be left alone

Parents and carers can be prosecuted for neglect if it is judged that they placed a child at risk by leaving them at home alone

Do be minded that the 3 McCann babies, and yes I do mean babies as the eldest was Madeleine and she was not yet four and in the eyes of the law she was a baby/toddler left in charge of two much younger babies, they were not even left at home – they were left in a strange appartment in a foreign country, where she could not even speak the language!

What the law says

Strange as it may seem, there’s no set age for leaving children home alone. The law simply says that you shouldn’t leave a child alone if they’ll be at risk.

There’s such a wide variation in the rate that children mature that it would be almost impossible to come up with a “one size fits all” law. Instead, the choice is left to parents. They know their children best and can use their own judgement.

There might not be a specific legal age to leave children alone but it’s safe to say babies, toddlers and young children should never be left alone, even if it’s just while you pop down the road. Even if they’re sleeping peacefully when you leave they could well wake up and get very upset when you’re not there to look after them. They would not be able to protect themselves in an emergency and may even try to leave the property to find you.

NSPCC advice on leaving a child at home

Babies, toddlers and very young children should never be left alone

Children under the age of 12 are rarely mature enough to cope in an emergency and should not be left at home alone for a long period of time

Children under the age of 16 should not be left alone overnight

Parents and carers can be prosecuted for neglect if it is judged that they placed a child at risk by leaving them at home alone

A child should never be left at home alone if they do not feel comfortable with this, regardless of their age

If a child has additional needs, these should be considered when leaving them at home alone or with an older sibling

When leaving a younger child with an older sibling think about what may happen if they were to have a falling out – would they both be safe?

Things to consider before leaving a child home alone

No one knows your child quite as well as you do – so use your knowledge of what they’re really like to answer these questions. This won’t give you a definite answer about whether the time is right to leave your child alone at home, but it’ll certainly give you plenty to think about.

Does your child seem to be responsible and mature for their age and always do what you tell him or her?

Would they be able to fix themselves something to eat and drink and would you be happy with them using the cooker or microwave?

Can you imagine how they’d cope in an emergency like a power cut or a flooded bathroom?

Would they know what to do if the phone rang or someone came to the door?

Would they know how to contact you or another family member or friend if they needed to? Do they have these contact numbers to hand?

How would they feel about being left alone – pleased to be given the responsibility or scared by the thought of it?

But remember, if you or your child are even the teeniest bit unsure about leaving them at home on their own, it’s always best to be on the safe side and arrange some other kind of care for them such as a babysitter or childminder.

There is no doubt or argument which exhonourates Drs. Kate & Gerry McCann for having left their 3 babies alone and unattended in a rented flat in a foreign country where they didn’t even speak the language. Do be minded they were not left alone whilst the parents popped out, which would have put the babies at risk, but whilst the two Doctors left their babies to go out carousing with chums in a tavera some 100 yards away out of sight and sound of the babies.

However often they may claim to have returned to check them merely shoqws they knew clearly they were at risk and the periods between visits were the very cause of the outcome that night when Madeleine allegedly went missing.

Had these 2 Doctors acted responsibly and ensured the 3 babies were not abandoned, either by remaining with them, taking them with them or by ensuring they had an approved baby sitter Madeleine would still be in their care as a teenager now!

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Kate and Gerry McCann vow to fight any prosecution for abandoning their children after Katie Hopkins demanded ‘justice’

The parents of Maddie McCann have hit back at the outspoken reality star

ByTracey Kandohla

08:43, 20 MAR 2017

Updated10:41, 20 MAR 2017

The McCanns have vowed to fight “tooth and nail” if prosecuted for abandoning their children after a shocking video called for them to punished ten years after Maddie was snatched.

As outspoken radio host Katie Hopkins branded it an “injustice” that Kate and Gerry escaped punishment for leaving three children alone during a family holiday, their friend said: “They were well aware they could have been charged with child neglect and naturally very concerned. But in legal terms they were doing everything well within the bounds of respectable parenting.”

The source insists: “Any legal action against them would have failed. A court would have to show Kate and Gerry had wilfully neglected their daughter and her siblings, and they did not. They would have robustly defended any charges, if brought.”

The couple could have faced jail under Portuguese law if they had ever faced a charge of abandonment and been convicted.

Hopkins’ harsh criticism of Maddie’s parents Kate and Gerry has refuelled the “were they right or wrong” row for leaving a trio of kids, all under the aged of four, asleep in a holiday apartment in Portugal while they were dining nearby with pals.

The mum-of-three Katie, in a global YouTube interview with glamour model Jodie Marsh, claims they should never have escaped justice and also claimed Kate was insensitive for ever washing her snatched daughter’s favourite cuddly toy, Cuddle Cat.

Maddie vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal’s Praia da Luz in May 2007 (Photo: PA)

Three-year-old Maddie vanished from the un-locked doored flat in The Algarve’s Praia da Luz in May 2007. Her parents chose not to pay for a baby sitting service while they ate and drank in a tapas bar with chums, dubbed the Tapas Seven.

Ex GP Kate, 49, and heart doctor Gerry, 48, of Rothley, Leics, were never prosecuted for abandoning their kids out of “compassion”, a former Portuguese law chief revealed last year.

Former minister of internal affairs Rui Pereira slammed the decision not to charge the McCann’s with “the crime of abandonment.” He revealed in a TV interview how top officials, out of “compassion” for the parents, ruled out charges citing Brits’ “peculiar cultural customs, thinking it is natural for them to leave children alone.”

Kate and Gerry still believe Maddie, who would now be 13, is still alive (Photo: PA)

Hopkins had previously stated on national LBC Radio: “Maddie was lost because she was left to be found.” Marsh, in a Twitter rant, added that her parents should be searching “on their hands and knees digging up the bare earth rather than be side-tracked and busying themselves suing people.”

Maddie’s parents are bracing themselves for the painful milestone 10th anniversary of her disappearance in less than seven weeks. They cling onto a glimmer of hope that their daughter, who would now be aged 13, could still be alive.

McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell today declined to discuss the latest rant, having previously said: “Kate and Gerry will not be fuelling any of this pure speculation with any comment whatsoever.”

I guess the McCann’s were in absolutely no position but to use their hired spokesman to try to suppress any similar suggestions that justice be brought to bear by prosecuting them for their reckless abandonment and irresponsible neglect of their 3 small children which was beyond any doubt the reason why Madeleine McCann is no longer with them and in my opinion almost certainly dead.

Sorry but this just doesn’t hack it:

McCann spokesman Clarence Mitchell today declined to discuss the latest rant, having previously said: “Kate and Gerry will not be fuelling any of this pure speculation with any comment whatsoever.”

A spokesman stated:

“Any legal action against them would have failed. A court would have to show Kate and Gerry had wilfully neglected their daughter and her siblings, and they did not. They would have robustly defended any charges, if brought.”

Personally I believe this is nothing more than legal bluster, it is widely stated that occupants of the ajoining apartment had drawn to the McCann’s that their children had been seriously disturbed and crying on a previous occasion they had been abandoned – it is also indisputable that baby sitters were readily available at the resort and inexpensive.

To wilfully overlook these facts I consider unarguably a deliberate and wilfull act of neglect! An act of wilfull neglect made even more serious as both Kate McCann and her husband Gerry McCann were both trained as Doctors and all too well aware of the risk of leaving babies unattended for any period – let alone for a prolonged period carousing with their chums far beyond sight or sound of the children!

These are the very people, in terms of training, who would expect to be called as expert witnesses in the prosecution of a young couple who had wilfully abandoned their small children to go to the pub, during which time one had come to harm or died!

Why have the McCann’s been denied the right to clear their namnes, why have they not been prosecuted – could it be that justice is a matter of the depth of the pockets of the miscreants?

See also: ‘Clear grounds for the prosecution of Kate & Gerry McCann’CLICK HERE

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Hi,

there is no apparent reason why this article is less accurate than when it was first published which was a number of years ago – on a brief read through I can find none of the 100 reasons put forward that I can recall having been proven unsound.

100 reasons why Madeleine McCann was not abducted

Compiled by ‘Truestepper’ on Sky Discussions:“It reminds me of a quote from the FBI:”“Taken alone, each piece of evidence might be argued, but together, enough pebbles become a block of evidentiary granite.”PHYSICAL / APARTMENT / ENTRY

1. All five markers in a sample found under the tiles, behind the sofa (exactly where Eddie, the EVRD [Cadaver] dog and Keela, the CSI [Human Blood] dog, both indicated), are 100% compatible with Madeleine’s DNA profile

2. Fifteen of the markers, in a sample found under the luggage liner of the McCann’s Scenic (hired 24 days later), are 100% compatible with Madeleine’s DNA profile

3. Shutters were not jemmied or forced, as claimed by the parents

4. No signs of forced entry anywhere in the apartment

5. No physical evidence of anyone having entered or left via the window, including:

The only perceived evidence of abduction, being the sighting by Jane Tanner at around 21.15 is riddled with inconsistencies and conflicting testimonies, being the fact that

24. None of the scent tracking Search & Rescue dogs followed that trail, and in fact followed another trail completely

25. Jeremy Wilkins (independent witness) failed to spot the ?abductor?, despite being only yards away, while chatting to Gerry

26. Jeremy Wilkins (independent witness) failed to see Jane Tanner walking by, despite being on the same narrow sidewalk at the same time

27. Gerry himself failed to spot the abductor, despite being only yards away, while chatting to Jeremy

28. Gerry contradicted Jeremy by stating that their chat was on the opposite side of the road from that as described, and drawn on a map, by Mr Wilkins

29. Gerry also contradicted Tanner, by stating that his chat with Jeremy was on the opposite side of the road from that mentioned by Jane

30. Jane failed to spot the open window and shutters and blowing curtains coming from Madeleine’s bedroom while walking to her apartment at 21.15

31. Jane failed to spot the open window and shutters and blowing curtains coming from Madeleine?s bedroom while walking from her apartment at 21.20

32. Jane never bumped into Jeremy Wilkins (who had walked back to his apartment after the chat with Gerry) while walking back from her apartment at 21.20

33. Russell O’Brien failed to spot the open window and shutters and blowing curtains coming from Madeleine’s bedroom while walking to his apartment at 21.30

34. Matthew Oldfield failed to spot the open window and shutters and blowing curtains coming from Madeleine’s bedroom while walking to his apartment, which was right next door, at 21.30

35. Matthew failed to spot the open window and shutters and blowing curtains while checking on Madeleine and the twins

36. Matthew failed to spot the open window and shutters and blowing curtains coming from Madeleine’s bedroom while walking from his apartment back to the Tapas at around 21.35

37. Jane failed to spot the open window and shutters and blowing curtains coming from Madeleine’s bedroom while walking to her apartment at 21.45

38. Russell failed to spot the open window and shutters and blowing curtains coming from Madeleine’s bedroom while walking back from his apartment at 21.50

39. Tanner’s description has changed several times

40. It makes no sense, especially if (as the McCann’s claim) that this was a well planned abduction, that the abductor walks across the very road used by the parents to check on their children

41… The abductor failed to hear either Tanner, Gerry or Wilkins, and continued on the path that would put him in the full vision of all three

42… If the abductor had lifted Madeleine out of the bed, then he would be carrying with her head to his right hand side, not on the left as in Tanner’s claimed sighting

SMITH SIGHTING

43. The Smith family (independent witnesses) sighting has, with the exception of one brief mention two years later, been completely ignored by the McCann’s and their private detectives from day one (no e-fit / press conference / media onslaught) despite the fact that?

44. There was huge publicity given to the Tanner sighting, including the pressure put on the Portuguese authorities to get the details out there

45. The Smith family descriptions have never changed

46. The sighting was only minutes before the ‘alarm’ was raised

47. The sighting was only 250 metres from the apartment

48. This sighting would have explained many of the inconsistencies of the Tanner sighting as mentioned above

49. There were several members of the family who witnessed this man carrying a child

50. The general area and timing of the sighting made by the family can be corroborated by a restaurant receipt for that evening

51. The general description of the man could fit Gerry McCann

52. The description of the child matches Madeleine

53. The type of trousers match those possessed by Gerry

54. Trousers match in terms of colour

55. Trousers even match in terms of the visible buttons as mentioned by one of the family

56. Martin and his wife later identified the carrier, through the distinctive carrying style, as being Gerry McCann

Given much of the above, the remarkable coincidence that?

57. The pressure put on the PJ to highlight the Tanner sighting came at exactly the same time as the Smith family were being brought back to Portugal to go over the sighting in more detail

58. The sighting was in a different part of town from the Tanner sighting

59. It was also heading in a completely different direction

60. The carrying style was completely different to that of the Tanner sighting

61. And yet the McCann’s deliberately altered the Smith sighting carrying style so as to match that of the Tanner sighting, during the only ever significant mention of the sighting, in a McCann made reconstruction aired only a few days after Amaral’s (in which he included the Smith sighting)

62. They also tried to morph the carrier into the same man as seen by Tanner, despite significant differences in descriptions

BEHAVIOURAL

There are many instances of strange behaviour from the McCann’s, not being consistent with parents of a child abducted by paedophiles, including (but not limited to)?

63. Kate complaining about the speed of a police vehicle while being take to look into a new lead at PJ HQ (sighting caught on CCTV)

64. Gerry laughing and joking and sucking lollipops while one of the most significant abduction leads came to a climax

65. Very little mention of the huge award available over the last three years

66. Despite raising millions through their fund, and spending thousands on media monitoring, they continue to charge for travel kits and for printing off posters designed to help find their daughter

69. Hiring cowboy private detectives with no expertise or experience in finding children

70. Gerry smirking when asked by a Sky News presenter how he feels when someone comes forward who is certain that they have seen Madeleine

71. When up to 14 possible sightings of Madeleine emerged in Malta, resulting in a huge police operation including Interpol, the McCann’s hot footed it to Germany for more TV plugs

72. When the most promising sighting of all was made in Belgium, a 110% certain sighting by a child therapist, considered so credible by authorities that they despatched a forensics team, the McCanns went looking in Huelva, Spain

73. Gerry’s initial claim, as overheard by another holidaymaker, within minutes of the alarm being raised, that Madeleine had been taken by paedophiles. How did he know that?

74. Gerry caught on Camera laughing his head off only a few days after his daughter had been abducted by paedophiles as claimed by the parents

75. Despite refuting the claims of the dogs / Scenic findings, the McCann’s continued to submit ridiculous reasoning for them, including Sea bass, sweat, dirty nappies, rubbish en-route to dump, rotten meat, and attending to 6 bodies before the holiday, amongst others

76. Kate refusing to answer 48 police questions

77. The McCann’s and their holiday friends all refusing to attend a police reconstruction

78. Despite the Madeleine’s disappearance looking like an inside job from the outset, the McCann’s and their friends were happy enough returning their children to the MW creche just hours later, despite not knowing if any of the staff were involved

79. When Kate raised the alarm, she ran back to the table, leaving the twins in the apartment while not knowing whether the abductor(s) were still onsite

80. Kate shouting They’ve taken her!?, not distinguishing between Madeleine and her sister Amelie

STATEMENT INCONSISTENCIES

90. When describing Madeleine sleeping that night, Kate said she was under the covers where as Gerry mentioned that his daughter slept without the covers, as was normal

91. Matthew Oldfield initially claimed that Kate and the children were at the tennis courts when he arrived there at 18.30 where as the rest of the Tapas 9 claim otherwise

92. David Payne’s 18.30 / 18.40 check on Kate (last person out with the parents to see Madeleine) : According to Kate the sliding door was closed, and that David didn’t actually enter the apartment, remaining at the door. But according to David, the door was open and he definitely entered the apartment.

93. Matt Oldfield chivvying up the Payne’s at 21.00 : Matt claims he passed them near the top of the road, but David claims to have passed him by the swimming pool, Fiona claims to have passed him outside 5A, and Dianne Webster initially claimed that Matthew wasn’t even there.

94. Prior to the PJ arriving at 12:40/12:50 Russell O’Brien has written the timeline for them all, including, Jane tanner sees stranger walking carrying child. He does this while Gerry McCann sits at the same table. However, according to Jane Tanner it’s three o’ clock in the morning when she informs Gerry McCann for the first time

100. This same friend calls the Metropolitan Police Crime Specialist Director (a number which is also used as the out of hours contact for the Met’s Child Abuse Investigation Team) 24 hours after the alarm

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Abandoning A Child Is A Criminal Offence & 105 parents have been arrested for the crime in the last 3 months.

Hi,

minded that a Freedom of Information request has provided the information that in the last 3 months over 100 parents have been arrested for leaving their children home alone (reckless abandonment defines the crime more than adequately!) and:

Chris Cloke, from the NSPCC, said:“Although there is no legal minimum age for leaving children at home alone, no-one should leave a child unattended if they think they’ll be at risk.

“And it’s never acceptable to leave babies and very young children on their own for any length of time.”

Perhaps someone can explain why when such arrests take place when no harm has come to the children, based purely on the risk, just why when Kate & Gerry McCann abandoned their three babies, the oldest was Madeleine at 3.1/2, and then went out carousing with a group of friends in a local Tapas bar, in a foreign country – NO PROSECUTION took place.

To compound the injustice Madeleine went missing that night and may well have died by accidental causes.

Seven years later this small child has never been seen since and there is every probability that she died that fateful night, despite unsubstantiated claims of abduction and other obfuscating claims then and since – seven years later Kate & Gerry McCann have not only grossed 100s of 1,000s of Pounds even perhaps £Millions in donations and what seem to spurious damages claims as they have been compensated for their apparent criminal negligence by people who voiced detailed concerns and speculations as febrile as those constructed by the McCanns themselves, about what could possibly have happened to the small child that night.

Just why have these two not been arrested and treated like criminals as have been the 105 arrested for lesser offences in the last 3 months?

Whilst the police have prosecuted many of those who they arrested most of the balance have received official cautions, yet Kate and Gerry McCann have drifted from sofa to sofa giving well practiced interviews and have become celebrities in their own right; celebrities seemingly not only thus enriched but also protected from due process of law for their undeniably criminal behaviour.

Further as both Kate & Gerry McCann are qualified medical Doctors they were clearly even more aware of the risk they were taking with their babies wellbeing and possibly lives, than most, when they took the premeditated decision to abandon them to go out for the evening for their own gratification.

Prosecutions of parents who abandon their children or otherwise neglect them frequently call in Doctors as medical experts for the prosecution! It may even be possible that at some time either or both of them may themselves have been called upon as medical experts in such circumstances – yet they have not been prosecuted for the crime!

There is a maxim in British law that states that not only should justice be done but justice should be seen to be done – why has this not been upheld?

There is also an understanding that no one should be permitted to profit from their criminality, yet Kate & Gerry McCann would seem to have greatly profitted both financially and in public status amongst some who astonishingly condone and defend their irresponsible behaviour and its tragic outcome for Madeleine.

Why was not Madeleine as a mere baby protected by the law as there would seem to be absolutely no justice granted the child for its death, which after 7 years can surely be assumed and were a responsible application by the guardian, who in this case is the Court, it is more than probable that a Coroners Court would find that she was legally dead as there has been absolutely zero evidence led to lead any sane individual to believe she might be alive nor any sustainable evidence that she was even abducted in the first place – merely uncorroborated speculation.

When will Madeleine McCann receive the justice she deserves?

Essex parents arrested for leaving children home alone

First published Friday 27 March 2015 in News

Last updated 16:18 Friday 27 March 2015

FIVE parents in Essex were arrested on suspicion of leaving their children home alone in the space of just three months.

The figures, which were released by Essex Police as part of a Freedom of Information request, date back to October, November and December 2014.

Police forces in West Yorkshire, Kent, Derbyshire, and Thames Valley were the only authorities to make more arrests than Essex.

The law does not specify at what age parents can leave their children alone, but those who chose to do so can be arrested and prosecuted for cruelty and neglect if it puts the youngsters at risk.

A total of 105 mothers and fathers across the country faced criminal charges during the three month period, with cases involving children aged from just a few weeks to 14-years-old.

Thirty of those arrested were released without further action, 24 accepted a police caution and 19 were charged.

Other cases are ongoing.

Chris Cloke, from the NSPCC, said: “Although there is no legal minimum age for leaving children at home alone, no-one should leave a child unattended if they think they’ll be at risk.

“And it’s never acceptable to leave babies and very young children on their own for any length of time.”

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it is interesting to note from this otherwise apparently sycophantically conducted interview that it would seem very clear that when Kate & Gerry McCann returned from their evening out carousing with their chums, irresponsibly and some may well claim criminally, having abandoned their three very young children unattended did not participate in the physical search for their missing daughter!

The following video clip from the Sky News on Christmas Eve in 2007 would seem unequivocally to question, if not imply, that Kate & Gerry McCann were materially responsible, if not culpable, in the disappearance of their three year old daughter Madeleine having allegedly recklessly abandoned her with her two year old twin siblings to go out for the evening carousing with their chums in the local tapas bar!

You will note that both of the above videos were available from You Tube, which although no seal of approval of content stand clearly as part of the public record of the events of the dubious behaviour of the McCanns towards their 3 children particularly in the light of the fact that as qualified Doctors it would be their ilk who would be called in a British Court of Law as expert witnesses in any Social Services case seeking removal of small children, from their parents, in instances of negligence and child abuse!